Oral Roberts Evangelistic Association (OREA) is a Pentecostal ministry started by the late faith healer and televangelist Oral Roberts and currently run by his son Richard Roberts.
Originally operating as a traveling revival with claims of curing the sick, in 1963 Oral Roberts University was founded by the ministry. In 2007 following a lawsuit involving Roberts, the school and the association's finances were separated.
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